Vocabulary
The BIG 4 + Bonus
The Roles
Medieval Europe/Protestant Reformation
Vocab Part #2
2

Death within a population, usually on a large scale.

mortality

2

Sponsored a voyage to Newfoundland, which led to the creation of colonies in Eastern Canada 

England 

2

Were leaders and highly respected. 

Women in Eastern North America 

2

This trading route was slowly in decline due to thieves and war

The silk road 

2

Beliefs that go against a religion 

Heresy 

2

The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others, or that other cultures are primitive and not worthy of respect

Ethnocentric

2

Sponsored the first voyage to the new world through Christopher Columbus

Spain

2

They stayed home to watch over the children and take care of sick family members 

Mothers in the renaissance 

2
These were payments to the church that would forgive your sin and ultimately rejected by Martin Luthor 

Indulgences 

2

The process by which people leave rural or farming areas in the countryside and move into cities, usually for employment opportunities.

urbanization

3

Focusing on producing, selling, buying, and accumulating materials goods and services.

consumerism

3

This country traveled on the west coast of Africa and developed a new trade route from this country to India and China 

Portugal 

3

They worked and were role models for the children 

The fathers in the renaissance 

3

Means Rebirth....

Renaissance 

3

The government practice of a superior nation extending its power and control over other smaller nations, sometimes by force

imperialism

5

A person or entire culture’s guiding philosophy and their perspective on how they see or understand society and life overall.

worldview

5

Funded the colony creation of New France with Jacques Cartier at the helm

France 

5

were only educated if the household was rich 

Women in the Renaissance 

5

Was the reaction of the Catholic church to Martin Luthor's ideas and Protestantism 

The excommunicated him and wanted him dead 

5

The way social order was organized prior to the Renaissance 

Hierarchy 

5

A belief system that recognizes the importance and value of human beings and their lives on Earth.

Humanism

5

What was the main reason for the Age of exploration 

Wealth/money

5

In a place where families had both the mother and father working if they wanted 

Modern Canada 

5

This group of people become more rich as the renaissance went on due to an increase in trade. Their social status also increased the most out of all groups.

Merchants/ The middle class 

5

Buying and selling products 

Capitalism